ILO Innovation Day · 3 March 2026 · Gobelins, ILO Headquarters
All times are in Central European Standard Time (GMT +1).
The in-person event is open to all ILO and UN staff members based in Geneva.
09:15
Welcome to ILO Innovation Day
Laura Thompson
ILO Assistant Director-General for External and Corporate Relations
Christophe Perrin
Director, International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO)
Andreas Klemmer
Director of Training ITCILO and Coordinator of output A.5 (on innovation) of the ILO Programme & Budget 2026-27)
Sher Verick
Head, Employment Strategies and Focal Point for Innovation
09:40
Keynote address
Remote
Bin Yang
Vice Chancellor of University Council and Professor of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
As a professor of Economics and Management, Prof. Yang focuses on organizational leadership, business ethics, social responsibility and the impact of AI on sustainable development.
10:10
Upgrading How We Work: Platforms, Operations & One ILO
ILO AI pilots: Assessing innovation opportunities
Guillaume Giles
Chief Technology Officer
Stewart Kershner
Chief Digital Officer
Srini Konuganti
Head, Digital Applications, Analytics & Quality
From insight to foresight: How AI‑driven psychosocial risk management can enable people‑centred organizational change
Remote
Aditya Jain
Consultant and Professor Sustainable Work & Development
Daniela Menes
Staff Welfare Officer
AI-assisted speech-to-speech translation
Kiersten Weeks
Chief Interpreter
Mission approval portal for Regional Office for Africa
Remote
Remy Bertrand Kama Kama
Computer and Information Technology Officer
Gulen Muftuoglu
Chief, Regional Administrative Services
Leveraging AI for procurement capacity building
Alexandru Grigore
Procurement Officer
Labour daily: Bridging the information gap through AI to empower ILO staff
Remote
Yuenying Che
Project Assistant
Xian Guan
National Project Manager
Resilient enterprises and workers - protecting livelihoods and incomes
Lisa Morgan
Technical Specialist
Pranav Prashad
Senior Technical Officer
Innovation institutionnelle et valeurs au service de l’avenir de l’OIT
Remote
Jihane Hannane
National coordinator of project THAMM Plus
11:15
Messages from ITUC and IOE
Recording
Eric Manzi
ITUC Deputy General Secretary
Ramoun Moura
Project Manager, IOE
11:40
Data to Decisions: AI, Statistics & Knowledge Systems
AI driven social protection platform for platform workers in India
Remote
Karun Gopinath
National Project Coordinator
Generative AI and large language models (LLM) in labour statistics
Weichen Lei
Senior Statistician
From evidence to impact: Using generative AI to transform knowledge on decent work in supply chains
Julian Götz
Technical Officer
Laurel Hoffner
Programme and Operations Officer
Massimiliano Leone
Senior Communication and Advocacy Officer, Learning Innovation
Automating data cleaning for labour market analyis and ILO modelled estimates
Roger Gomis
Labour market modelling officer
Stefan Kühn
Senior Economist
From papers to platforms
Juan Iván Martín Lataix
Skills Digitalisation Specialist
Making change visible: Measuring system-level impact across ILO country interventions
Ramin Behzad
Head of MSU
Establishing a global community of practice to modernize statistical standards and data on occupation safety and health
Elisa Benes
Head, Rights, Migration & Skills Statistics Unit
Balint Nafradi
Technical Officer on OSH data
12:40
Lunch
13:15
Keynote address
Remote
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London
Mariana Mazzucato is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Her highly acclaimed books include "The Entrepreneurial State", "The Value of Everything", "Mission Economy", and "The Big Con".
13:35
From Pilot to Scale: Solutions Delivering Results
Bargaining Voices: Reinventing collective bargaining learning through storytelling and mobile innovation
Remote
Vera Dos Santos Costa
Programme Manager
Jeanne Schmitt
Senior Programme Officer
E-Collab.OSH initiative as an example of digital transformation of professional collaboration, knowledge transfer and safety culture.
Saule Issabekova
National project coordinator
Supporting youth-led enterprises in Egypt: From old-fashioned businesses to AI innovation
Perihan Tawfik
Senior Project Coordinator
South4Care: Innovating learning for decent work and the care economy
Laura Addati
Maternity Protection and Work-Family Balance Specialist
Anita Amorim
Unit Head - Emerging partnerships
MAIA Panamá: asesoría digital con IA para la formalización, el trabajo decente y la gestión empresarial
Remote
Rodrigo Mogrovejo
Especialista de Empresas, skills y transición justa
Turning ideas into tools for policy
Julien Magnat
Advisor to the Assistant Director-General
Bernd Mueller
Manager, Employment Policy and Analysis Programme
Labour inspectorates and the future of technology (LIFT)
Frédéric Laisné-Auer
Labour Administration, Labour Inspection & OSH Officer
Rumsha Shahzad
Technical Officer for Compliance and Technology
14:40
Innovation experts
Recording
Philippe Aghion
2025 Nobel Laureate in Economics
Sue Duke
Vice President Global Public Policy, LinkedIn
15:00
Designing What’s Next: Foresight & Future Pathways
Skills for digital agriculture
Remote
Earli Shima
National Project Coordinator
Strategic foresight in times of disruption
Delphine Dall'Agata
Learning Innovation Professional
Rafael Peels
Senior Worker Specialist
The Workverse: Skilling and social dialogue in virtual reality
Melissa Kyeyune
National Project Coordinator - Digital Skills and Microwork
Digital transformation tools for employers and business membership organizations
Remote
Paolo Salvai
Programme Manager
The future of reporting: Modernizing the ILO’s supervisory system for the next century
Claudia Esperanza Berch
Legal/Labour Law Specialist
Luis Carlos Melero Garcia
Legal Specialist
Rewiring Decent Work Monitoring in Southern Africa Action
Remote
Amanda Mejia Canadas
International Labour Standards and Labour Law Specialist
Nyasha Muchichwa
Policy Officer
Maria Payet
Labour Statistics Specialist
Revolutionizing Kenya's technical and vocational education and training through AI
Remote
Stephen Mwangi
National Project Coordinator, Digital Economy
16:00
Keynote address
Erica Moret
Director for UN Affairs and International Organizations, Microsoft
Erica Moret leads Microsoft's engagement with the United Nations. She supports the UN in tackling global challenges through technology innovation and multi-stakeholder engagement.
16:10
Special Message
Recording
Amandeep Singh Gill
UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies
Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill was appointed Under-Secretary-General and the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology in June 2022, and since 1 January 2025 serves as Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies in the newly established United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies.
16:20
Closing remarks
Beate Andrees
ILO Assistant Director-General for the Regions and Director of the Office of the Director-General